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attentive

[uh-ten-tiv] / əˈtɛn tɪv /




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It prompts me to be less attentive, because I perceive the notetaker as a safety net.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

Since becoming a mother, keepers said she had settled "beautifully" into her new role, and was proving to be "calm, attentive and content", while trusting her keepers to be nearby but not too close.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

“Kafka was a foreigner everywhere, especially in Prague,” Maïa Hruska writes in her absorbing book, “Kafkaesque,” which receives a fittingly attentive translation from the French by Sam Taylor.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Simi Valley police said that, whether operating bicycles, or electric bicycles or other motorized devices, riders need to “remain alert and attentive near roadways and railroad crossings.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

If he wished to talk Singer was always attentive.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers




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